The American accents in the trailer for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey have raised eyebrows but British accents would be ...

A popular YouTube polyglot who has mastered many languages recently visited Glasgow, Scotland and found he was stumped. Funny ...

A University of Portsmouth physicist has created a statistical model to forecast how words, accents, and dialects spread and change over time. Inspired by the physics of interacting particles, the ...

Trump's nominee for the Federal Reserve chair, Kevin Warsh, has dominated headlines for weeks. For some, his surname is a ...

"Let's go!" Fans thrown by American accents, modern speech in new trailer for ancient Greece epic: "It sounds like they're ...

I tried to learn to speak like an office worker in Cincinnati – what can the science of accents reveal to make it easier?

Rick Aschmann, a professional linguist, has created a comprehensive analysis of "North American English Dialects, Based on Pronunciation Patterns," as a hobby. The main feature is a map, available in ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A new resolution at the Tennessee State Capitol is putting a spotlight on Appalachian culture and the way people speak throughout the region. The measure, which passed both ...

Last Saturday, after a heated debate over whether drinking water out of a bottle without touching it to your lips is called “waterfalling” or an “air sip” (the correct answer is “waterfalling,” in my ...

Scroll long enough on TikTok or Instagram — or simply watch reality TV — and one might assume anyone under the age of 25 is speaking a different language. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

For nearly half a century, the Islamic Republic of Iran — the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism — has killed and maimed American citizens and service members through its own forces and proxy ...